APP to market breast cancer treatment

By Alejandra Cancino
Posted June 29, 2010 at 6:37 a.m.

Schaumburg-based APP Pharmaceuticals Inc. will begin marketing a breast cancer treatment medication in the U.S. as Anastrozole, the drug’s generic name. Anastrozole tablets, also known as Arimidex , are mainly used to treat early breast cancer in post-menopausal women.

APP’s parent company, Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding Inc., said the move comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted its research company permission to market the drug.

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